State atlas · filed under NY

Ghost Towns of New York

New York's lost places include Adirondack mining and tannery towns, canal communities the railroads orphaned, and a dozen valley villages drowned for New York City's reservoirs.

1,104 sites surveyed across New York — 4 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.

✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending

Survey note

The federal place-name archive records 1,104 vanished or historical sites in New York — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.

TownYearsLast pop.Classification

DoodletownRockland Co.1762–19650Vanished Place GilboaSchoharie Co.1764–19260Vanished Place TahawusEssex Co.1826–19630Verified Ghost Town GriffinHamilton Co.1880–19200Vanished Place

Society Pro

See New York as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919

2,142 USGS survey sheets from those years cover New York. Pro lays them over today's map with a swipe between then and now, and adds every mine feature, lost place and mineral site the federal record holds for the state.

6,773mine features

3,179mineral sites

5,344lost places

2,142survey sheets

The full survey ledger

Every vanished town the federal archive records in New York — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.

Beaver DamAlbany Co.Black LakeSt. Lawrence Co.CarmansvilleNew York Co.CharlottevilleQueens Co.Clinton ParkClinton Co.ColumbusvilleQueens Co.DeonundagaErie Co.DicktownPutnam Co.DoanesburghPutnam Co.DoodletownRockland Co.DykeAllegany Co.Fishkill LandingDutchess Co.GaskosadaErie Co.Grand GorgeDelaware Co.HarsenvilleNew York Co.HollywoodSt. Lawrence Co.HuntersvilleWestchester Co.Indian FieldsAlbany Co.Irish SettlementAllegany Co.JacksonvilleLivingston Co.KenwellsHamilton Co.KeshaechquererenKings Co.Konaande KonghNew York Co.La RaysvilleJefferson Co.LewisLivingston Co.LimerickWestchester Co.Log CityOnondaga Co.LongyearUlster Co.PacatacanDelaware Co.PavementErie Co.Rhinelander GardensNew York Co.Richmond MillsOntario Co.Salmon RiverClinton Co.Seneca VillageNew York Co.StellaBroome Co.Sucker BrookSt. Lawrence Co.The KingdomOnondaga Co.The PatchCayuga Co.WeeksvilleKings Co.York CenterLivingston Co.

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